§ Mrs. RoeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the number and percentage of all households accounted for by owner-occupiers in the United Kingdom; and what comparable information he has for other EC member states.
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§ Sir George Young[holding answer 29 June 1992]: Comparable figures for households are not available for EC countries, but the number of dwellings in owner occupation are given in the table.
Stock of dwellings in owner occupation 1990 Thousand dwellings Percentage of all dwellings Ireland 21,005 81 Greece 53,999 79 Spain 16,287 76 Luxembourg 6138 68 United Kingdom 23,383 67 of which England 19,522 69 Italy 123,232 67 Belgium 43,997 65 Portugal 13,768 58 France 26,237 254 Denmark 12,353 51 Netherlands 15,802 45 Germany (West) 126,598 338 Germany (East) 17,003 n/a 1 1989 2 1988 3 1987 4 1985 5 1981 6 1980